Archive for March, 2011
Heart of the Penguin
Tuesday, March 15th, 2011My brother Steven sent me a link to a great article today. Sue Flood, an “award-winning photographer and wildlife film-maker” who has been taking pictures in the Arctic and Antarctica for 20 years, found an emperor penguin chick with a love heart bib. I love hearts in nature; I think it shows that love is [...]
Jute: Knitting Boot Camp
Sunday, March 13th, 2011My third-ever knitting project has begun! I decided upon a jute bag that is in Knitting Green: Conversations and Planet Friendly Projects , one of my favorite knitting books so far. What is jute? Good question. Jute is “a strong, coarse fiber used for making burlap, gunny, cordage, etc., obtained from two East Indian plants, [...]
Eight Limbs for Your Daily Life
Saturday, March 12th, 2011A dear friend and fellow yogini, Brittany (she’s also the mastermind of Lucy James Photography, so the name may sound familiar!), recently wrote a beautifully written blog post on The Yoga Sutras of Patanjali and the Eight Limbs of Yoga. It is so very timely, too, since this past week the Eight Limbs of Yoga frequently [...]
Riding the Breath
Tuesday, March 8th, 2011I am so inspired by tonight’s ashtanga practice at Central Street Yoga! We had a great group of yogis and yoginis, all of whom had practiced ashtanga before, and most of whom have been practicing it since I moved to the Bangor, Maine area and began teaching it here in July 2010 (and a couple [...]
Yoga and… Sewing?
Friday, March 4th, 2011Anyone who has been following my blog knows that I’ve recently gotten into sewing and have been marveling at the many amazing tricks of the sewing machine. You also probably know a bit about my love of yoga and my daily discoveries of the amazing things yoga can do for a person’s body, mind, and [...]
Knitting with Intention
Wednesday, March 2nd, 2011During our last visit to New Jersey, a relaxing post-yoga chat over tea with my good friend Mary Beth revolutionized my knitting technique. She didn’t teach me a new stitch, or how to do some funky Fair Isle pattern… she just changed the way I think about knitting. I learned to knit since my move [...]
